The $1.1 billion, 113,000-member American Heritage FederalCredit Union plans to deploy its fourth personal automated tellermachine this week.

The PAT machine – which provides personalized two-wayinteraction with call center staff – will be on the fourth floornear the cafeteria of the G. Fred DiBona Jr. Headquarters Buildingof Independence Blue Cross on Market Street in Philadelphia.

The machine can handle most typical teller transactions,including check cashing, cash and check deposits, dispensing ofcoins, currency and checks, payments, transfers and account andloan initiations, American Heritage FCU said.

The PAT system is live during call center business hours onweekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.,the credit union said. An adjacent ATM is available at alltimes.

The PAT units are from uGenius of Sandy, Utah.

American Heritage FCU said it became the first financialinstitution in Pennsylvania to offer a PAT machine when it placedits first unit at the Torresdale Campus of Aria Health last year inNortheast Philadelphia. In September, the credit union opened itsfirst supermarket branch, deploying two PATs at the Parkside ShopRite in North Philadelphia.